Sounding-machine.



H. L. WAITE.

SOUNDING MAGHINE. APPLIOATION FILED JULY31,1913.

1,094,868. Patented Apr. 28, 1914,

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SOUNDING-MACHINE.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, HARRY LEONARD lVArrn, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and residing in Egremont, in the county of Chester, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in and Relating to Soiinding-ll/lachines, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to sounding machines of the type in which the cord or cable attached to the lead or sounding device is wound upon a drinn,

According to the present invention the drinn, either power or hand driven, is arranged to be loose on its shaft, and means are provided, comprising for instance a friction clutch brake, whereby the drum may either be locked fast on its shaft, or when the clutch is released, be allowed to rotate more or less freely to permit cable or cord to be run out at any desired rate. Means for indicating the length of cable or cord run out and means for laying the cord evenly on the drinn are also provided.

I have illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which;

Figure l is a front elevation in part section; Fig. 2 a side elevation, Fig. 3 a plan.

The cable or cord carrying drum A is arranged to be loose on the shaft B carried in suitable bearings from the main frame work C. gear wheel b1 lteyed to the shaft B is provided so that when desired the shaft may be operated by the motor M, and its controlling starter m1, through a gear wheel m3 mounted on the motor spindle m2 and an intermediate gear wheel m4. The shaft B is also provided with squared ends b5 and to take handles when it is desired to operate the drinn by hand. The intermediate wheel m* is mounted on a sleeve m and arranged to slide axially on the stud m5 so that it can be put into or out of gear with the wheels b1 and ma according to whether it is desired to operate the drinn by power or otherwise. Fitted on one end of the shaft B is a ratchet wheel b2 in which engages a pawl b3 in such manner as to prevent the rotation of the shaft B in the reverse direction. On one side of the drum A a flange D is arranged which is keyed on the shaft B and preferably carries on the face next to the drum a surface (Z of wood, leather or the like friction material. On the other side of the drinn a similar face c of friction material is ar- Speccation of Letters Fatent.

Application lefl July 31, 1913.

Patented Apr. 28, 19kt.

Serial No. 782,320.

ranged on a fiange el of a sleeve E feathered to and adapted to slide on the shaft B.

rFhe sleeve E is carried in a bearing e3 mounted on the main frame C which bearing forms one of the bearings of the shaft B when the cable is being wound in. The sleeve E with its fiange may be moved into and out of engagement with the drinn A. and is adapted to press the latter between the friction sin-faces (Z and e; when paying out, D and Z are held stationary and the frictional contact may be regulated in amount so as to control the drum; when hauling in the drinn is attached to the rotating shaft by a frictional engagement sufficient to prevent relative movement between them, so that the drinn is then driven by the shaft which in turn may be driven by the motor M.

The sleeve E may be displaced axially by any suitable means. For instance on its outer end may be varranged a flange e2 over which the fingers f, mounted on a hand wheel F, engage. The hand wheel F is bored and the bore threaded to screw on to a threaded portion of the shaft B, It will be seen therefore that by rotating this hand wheel relatively to the shaft it will move longitudinally relatively to the shaft and will thereby move the sleeve so as to regulate the slip or friction torque between the drinn A and the shaft B.

lVhen it is desired to pay out the cable the pawl b3 is engaged with the ratchet wheel L2; this prevents rotation of the shaft in the one direction; the hand wheel F is turned so that the pressure on the friction faces (l and e is reduced sufficiently to permit the tension in the cable to cause rotation of the drum at the desired speed. The rate at which the cable is paid out can thus be regulated to any desired rate by more or less pressure being applied by means of the hand wheel F to the friction faces Z and e, The movement of the cable may be completely checked or the lead held in any position by screwing the hand wheel F hard up.

An indicator H is provided to indicate roughly to the operator the length of cable uncoiledfrom the drum, so that in windingin he may control the speed as the sounding apparatus at the end of the cable reaches the ship. The indicator may for instance be constructed as follows: A worm G (Figs. l and 3) is mounted freely on the shaft B and is operated or rotated by means of a linger g which engages with the drum A. A Worm wheel (l, mounted on a vertical shaft g2 arranged at right angles to the shaft B, is arranged to mesh with the worm Gr. The shaft (/2, mounted in a bottom bracket g3 and a top bracket gL1 suitably carried from the main :trame C, has fitted at its upper end a bevel. wheel g5 meshing with a corresponding bevel wheel /Ll carried on one end of a spindle 7a2; the other end of the spindle carries a gear Wheel it which engages With a toothed rack bar H. lt will be seen that the amount of vertical movement of the toothed rack bar H is proportional to the number of revolutl ons made by the drum and that the rack bar may be graduated to correspond to the length of cable to be coiled up on the drum. The rack bar H carried in fixed guides 7b3 may be arranged to protrude tlnfough a hole in the casing and may be notched at various points along its length so that the length of cable unwonnd may be ascertained even in the dark by passing the hand along the part of the racl; bar l-l which projects above the easing and counting the number of notches thus exposed.

fl'n winding up after a sounding has been taken it is desirable to lay the cord or cable evenly on the drum. `For this purpose the cord is z lapted to pass through the lingers and 7,12 of a guide fork K, mounted on the slide bar 7.12 which is bolted to the main frame (Figs. l and A pin la* on the guide fork l connected by a connecting bar /w to a pin 7a on the gear wheel 70T. The gear wheel 71.17 meshes into another wheel r'" mounted on one end of a horizontal shaft les, the other end of which is carried from the bracket ,(/3 which also serves as the foot step for the shaft g2. rlthe shaft c is so arranged that a worm wheel 7&0 keyed thereto gears with the worm G. The gearing between worm G and the fork K is arranged according to the diameter of the cable and the closeness of winding required, and the throw of the pin 7o@ is such that the cable is guided by the .fork evenly on to the drum i at any desirable pitch. A casing or frame work suitable for the apparatus `would be one constructed of two main side frames C bolted together by stay bolts c1 and mounted on a base plate o2 which may also be adapted to carry the motor M. rlf'he motor M would preferably be a series wound motor and the gearing and motor speed would of course, be arranged to give the desired speed to the drum.

rEhe details of construct-ion may be varied within the limits of my invention, and while the machine is particularly applicable for winding-in and controlling the run-out of the cable of a sounding apparatus it may be applied generally to those cases in which a cable has to be wound-in and run-out under control.

Having now fully described my inyention, ,l declare-that what l claim, and desire to secure by Letters latent is A sounding machine comprising in combination a frame, a shaft journaled therein, means for driving said shaft, a cable drum loosely mounted on the shaft, a frictional member fixed to said shaft and located on one side of said drum and adapted to engage therewith, a slidable member on the other side of said drum comprising a hollow boss feathered on the shaft having a bearing in the frame and forming itself a bean ing for the shaft, said boss being provided at its inner end with a frictional surface adapted to bear against said drum, and previded at its outer end with a suitable flange outside the main frame, and a wheel nut fitting a threaded portion of the shaft and adapted to bear against said vflange with retaining means ;lfor coupling the wheel nut thereto, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof l ailiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

l-lARRY LENARD lVi'illE. "Witnesses Jnswrn Bains, Josnrn E. l-lins'r.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of 12a-tents, Washington, D. C. 

